Telephone billing with summary information

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1997-03-10

2000-05-02

Kuntz, Curtis A.

Telephonic communications

With usage measurement

Call charge metering or monitoring

379112, 379115, 379126, H04M 1500

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active

060581700

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for automatically generating telephone bills that include customer defined or requested summary information. Customer specific data including pricing data and summary parameters are stored. A plurality of records, each record describing a telephone call, are generated. The record is received at a billing analysis system, which determines a priced call value for each call using the record and the customer specific data and determines summary information for the customer using the record, the priced call values and the summary parameters. A telephone bill for the customer is generated based on the summary information for the customer. The bill may be generated periodically, on a predetermined schedule, or upon demand of the customer. Online access to summary information is also provided.

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